News - Page 447
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Five new '68s' on display as DRS open day raises £24,000
MORE than £24,000 was raised for charity at the Direct Rail Services open day at Crewe Gresty Bridge on July 19.
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Last GBRf '66' being built in US…first now in traffic in UK
CONSTRUCTION of all the remaining 15 of GB Railfreight’s order of 21 Class 66s is now in progress in the Electro-Motive Diesel factory in Muncie, Indiana
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Govia to switch Class 377 Electrostars to Cambridge
Class 377 Electrostars will operate Kings Lynn and Cambridge fast trains as part of the new Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) franchise.
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Government identifies TPE rolling stock solution
The Department for Transport “has identified a potential solution” to the problem caused by the transfer of nine two-car Class 170 diesel multiple units.
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Network
Cost of Dawlish diversion could reach £3.1 billion - NR
Rebuilding the Exeter-Plymouth line via Okehampton would probably cost £875 million (including a 66% uplift in costs).
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Network
Rail industry contributes £9bn to UK economy
The rail sector contributes £9.3 billion to the UK economy each year, according to a new report published by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG).
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Network
NAO: DfT rolling stock strategy causes confusion
Whitehall mandarins have caused confusion across parts of the industry by procuring trains centrally, despite having a policy of leaving this to the industry.
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Network
NR fined £53.1m for missing CP4 performance targets
Network Rail delivered enhancements largely “on time and on budget” in Control Period 4 (April 2009-March 2014), according to the Office of Rail Regulation.
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Network
£10.4m Halton Curve funding heads Local Growth projects
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced £10.4 million of funding for the long campaigned-for resignalling of the 11⁄2-mile Halton Curve.
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GBRf welcomes the first five of 21 new '66s' onto UK soil
Five brand new Class 66/7s were off-loaded at Newport Docks on July 11, after arriving in the UK by ship from America.
